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Zinc batteries that offer an alternative to lithium just got a big boost (www.technologyreview.com)

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[–] NotMyOldRedditName@kbin.social 17 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Energy density on these are woefully inadequate for cars, but that doesn't matter for stationary storage which is what this is for.

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[–] painfulasterisk@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I'm more interested in how they will troubleshoot and perform preventative maintenance to the battery, since halides are quite toxic.

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[–] supercriticalcheese@feddit.it 1 point 2 years ago

First they need to see if they work and can be produced economically

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